Threatened & Endangered Plants
(alphabetical by common name)


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Published in the Federal Register
--current through Mar 1995

Common Name......American chaffseed
Scientific Name..Schwalbea americana
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, CT, DE, FL, GA, MA, MD, MI, MS, NC, NJ, NY, SC, TN, VA)
Plant Family.....Scrophulariaceae
Status...........E
When Listed......478
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA


Common Name......American hart's-tongue fern
Scientific Name..Asplenium scolopendrium var. americana (=Phyllitis japonica ssp. a., =P. s.^ var. a)^
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, MI, NY, TN), Canada (Ont.)
Plant Family.....Aspleniaceae
Status...........T
When Listed......354
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA

Common Name......Canby's dropwort
Scientific Name..Oxypolis canbyi
Historic Range...U.S.A. (DE, GA, MD, NC, SC)
Plant Family.....Apiaceae
Status...........E
When Listed......217
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA

Common Name......Eastern prairie fringed orchid
Scientific Name..Platanthera leucophaea
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AR, IA, IL, IN, ME, MI, MO, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, VA, WI), Canada (Ont., N.B.)
Plant Family.....Orchidaceae
Status...........T
When Listed......368
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA

Common Name......Furbish lousewort
Scientific Name..Pedicularis furbishiae
Historic Range...U.S.A. (ME), Canada (N.B.)
Plant Family.....Scrophulariaceae
Status...........E
When Listed......39
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA

Common Name......Harperella
Scientific Name..Ptilimnium nodosum (=P. fluviatile)
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, AR, GA, MD, NC, SC, WV)
Plant Family.....Apiaceae
Status...........E
When Listed......332
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA

Common Name......Jesup's milk-vetch
Scientific Name..Astragalus robbinsii var. jesupi
Historic Range...U.S.A. (NH, VT)
Plant Family.....Fabaceae
Status...........E
When Listed......271
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA

Common Name......Knieskern's beaked-rush
Scientific Name..Rhynchospora knieskernii
Historic Range...U.S.A. (DE, NJ)
Plant Family.....Cyperaceae
Status...........T
When Listed......429
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA

Common Name......Leedy's roseroot
Scientific Name..Sedum integrifolium ssp. leedyi
Historic Range...U.S.A. (MN, NY)
Plant Family.....Crassulaceae
Status...........T
When Listed......460
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA

Common Name......Northeastern (=Barbed bristle) bulrush
Scientific Name..Scirpus ancistrochaetus
Historic Range...U.S.A. (MA, MD, NY, PA, VA, VT, WV)
Plant Family.....Cyperaceae
Status...........E
When Listed......425
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA

Common Name......Northern wild monkshood
Scientific Name..Aconitum noveboracense
Historic Range...U.S.A. (IA, NY, OH, WI)
Plant Family.....Ranunculaceae
Status...........T
When Listed......39
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA

Common Name......Robbins' cinquefoil
Scientific Name..Potentilla robbinsiana
Historic Range...U.S.A. (NH, VT)
Plant Family.....Rosaceae
Status...........E
When Listed......104
Critical Habitat.17.96(a)
Special Rule.....NA

Common Name......Sandplain gerardia
Scientific Name..Agalinis acuta
Historic Range...U.S.A. (CT, MA, MD, NY, RI)
Plant Family.....Scrophulariaceae
Status...........E
When Listed......325
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA

Common Name......Seabeach amaranth
Scientific Name..Amaranthus pumilus
Historic Range...U.S.A. (DE, MA, MD, NC, NJ, NY, RI, SC, VA)
Plant Family.....Amaranthaceae
Status...........T
When Listed......498
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA

Common Name......Sensitive joint-vetch
Scientific Name..Aeschynomene virginica
Historic Range...U.S.A. (DE, MD, NC, NJ, PA, VA)
Plant Family.....Fabaceae
Status...........T
When Listed......470
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA

Common Name......Small whorled pogonia
Scientific Name..Isotria medeoloides
Historic Range...U.S.A. (CT, DC, DE, GA, IL, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT), Canada (Ont.)
Plant Family.....Orchidaceae
Status...........T
When Listed......122, 556
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA

Common Name......Smooth coneflower
Scientific Name..Echinacea laevigata
Historic Range...U.S.A. (GA, MD, NC, PA, SC, VA)
Plant Family.....Asteraceae
Status...........E
When Listed......481
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA

Common Name......Swamp pink
Scientific Name..Helonias bullata
Historic Range...U.S.A. (DE, GA, MD, NC, NJ, NY, SC, VA)
Plant Family.....Liliaceae
Status...........T
When Listed......326
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA

Common Name......Virginia spiraea
Scientific Name..Spiraea virginiana
Historic Range...U.S.A. (GA, KY, NC, PA, TN, VA, WV)
Plant Family.....Rosaceae
Status...........T
When Listed......389
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA



Modified / 13 March 1995
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